CVE-2016-2563
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2563
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2563.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2563
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-04-07T23:59:07Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download request.
- References
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- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-2563
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-01
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00131.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/22
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035257